| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 厎 U+538E |  Seal script | 砥 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 厂+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.247#10 p.251#5 Kangxi: p.160#40 Cihai: p.229r1c01 GSR: 590.n Hanyu: v1,p0070#05 |
| Composition: | Top-left: 厂, bottom-right: 氐. Component of: 𦰘 𬢬 |
| Mandarin: | zhǐ ㄓˇ |
| Cantonese: | zi2 |
| Shuowen: | 《厂部》砥：柔石也。从厂氐声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·旨·旨》砥：平也，致也。《说文》云：柔石也。 《广韵·上声·止·止》砥：定也，又砥柱也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·厂部·五》砥：《唐韵》诸市切《集韵》《韵会》轸视切《正韵》诸氏切，𠀤音指。《说文》柔石也。从厂，氐声。《徐曰》可以爲砺。《前汉·梅福传》爵禄，天下之砥石。《萧望之传》砥厉锋锷。《注》师古曰：砥，柔石。厉，卓石。又《说文》致也。《书·旅獒》西旅砥贡厥獒。又定也。《书·臯陶谟》朕言惠可砥行。又《说文》砥，或从石作砥。《诗·小雅》周道如砥。又《韵会》通作底。《孟子》引《诗》：周道如底。又或作耆。《诗·周颂》耆定尔功。《注》致也。音指。与砥同。又《集韵》都黎切，音低。至也。又陟利切，音致。致也。《书·禹贡》震泽砥定。又丁计切，音帝。义同。又《正韵》旨而切，音支。《前汉·梅福传》注：师古曰，砥细石也，音之履反，又音秪。 考证：〔《前汉·梅福传》爵禄，天下之砥石。。《注》师古曰，有平去二音。〕谨按所引与上文重复，且师古注亦无有平去二音之语。谨照原文改爲前汉梅福传注师古曰，砥细石也，音之履反，又音秪。 |
| Fanqie: | 职雉 (《广韵·上声·旨·旨》) 诸市 (《广韵·上声·止·止》) |
| Unihan definition: | settle |
Example usage
| 《孟子·离娄上》: | 舜尽事亲之道而瞽瞍砥豫，瞽瞍砥豫而天下化，瞽瞍砥豫而天下之为父子者定，此之谓大孝。 |
| By Shun's completely fulfilling everything by which a parent could be served, Gu Sou was brought to find delight in what was good. When Gu Sou was brought to find that delight, the whole kingdom was transformed. When Gu Sou was brought to find that delight, all fathers and sons in the kingdom were established in their respective duties. This is called great filial piety. | |
| 《墨子·兼爱下》: | ‘其直若矢，其易若砥，君子之所履，小人之所视’，若吾言非语道之谓也，古者文武为正，均分赏贤罚暴，勿有亲戚弟兄之所阿 |
| "It is straight like an arrow and just like a balance. The superior man follows it, (even) the unprincipled looks on (without resentment)." Thus the principle that I have been expounding is not to be regarded as a mere doctrinaire notion. In the past, when Wen and Wu administered the government both of them rewarded the virtuous and punished the wicked without partiality to their relatives and brothers. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 华阳黑水惟梁州：汶、嶓既艺，沱、涔既道，蔡、蒙旅平，和夷砥绩。 |
| The south of Mount Hua and the Blackwater formed the boundaries of Liangzhou. The Min and Bo hills were cultivated. The Tuo and Qian rivers flowed in their channels, sacrifices were offered to the hills Cai and Meng on the plateaux, and the wild tribes on the He river were successfully managed. | |
| 《尚书·皋陶谟》: | 乃言砥可绩。 |
| Your words may be put in practice, and crowned with success. | |
| 《春秋左传》: | 晋成虒祁，诸侯朝而归者，皆有贰心，为取郠故，晋将以诸侯来讨，叔向曰，诸侯不可以不示威，乃并徵会告于吴，秋，晋侯会吴子干良，水道不可，吴子辞，乃还，七月，丙寅，治兵于邾，南甲车四千乘，羊舌鲋摄司马，遂合诸侯于平丘，子产，子大叔，相郑伯以会，子产以幄幕九张行，子大叔以四十，既而悔之，每舍损焉，及会亦如之，次于卫地，叔鲋求货于卫，淫刍荛者，卫人使屠伯馈叔向羹，与一箧锦，曰，诸侯事晋，未敢携贰，况卫在君之宇下，而敢有异志，刍荛者异于他日，敢请之，叔向受羹，反锦曰，晋有羊舌鲋者，渎货无厌，亦将及矣，为此役也，子若以君命赐之，其已，客从之，未退而禁之，晋人将寻盟，齐人不可，晋侯使叔向告刘献公曰，抑齐人不盟，若之何，对曰，盟以砥信，君苟有信，诸侯不贰，何患焉，告之以文辞，董之以武师，虽齐不许，君庸多矣，天子之老，请帅王赋，元戎十乘，以先启行，迟速唯君，叔向告于齐曰，诸侯求盟，已在此矣，今君弗利，寡君以为请，对曰，诸侯讨贰，则有寻盟，若皆用命，何盟之寻，叔向曰，国家之败，有事而无业，事则不经，有业而无礼，经则不序，有礼而无威，序则不共，有威而不昭，共则不明，不明弃共百事，不终所由倾覆也，是故明王之制，使诸侯岁聘以志业，间朝以讲礼，再朝而会以示威，再会而盟以显昭明，志业于好，讲礼于等，示威于众，昭明于神，自古以来，未之或失也，存亡之道，恒由是兴，晋礼主盟，惧有不治，奉承齐牺，而布诸君，求终事也，君曰余必废之，何齐之有，唯君图之，寡君闻命矣，齐人惧，对曰，小国言之，大国制之，敢不听从，既闻命矣，敬共以往，迟速唯君，叔向曰，诸侯有间矣，不可以不示众，八月，辛未，治兵，建而不旆，壬申，复旆之，诸侯畏之，邾人，莒人，诉于晋曰，鲁朝夕伐我，几亡矣，我之不共，鲁故之以，晋侯不见公，使叔向来辞曰，诸侯将以甲戌盟，寡君知不得事君矣，请君无勤，子服惠伯对曰，君信蛮夷之诉，以绝兄弟之国，弃周公之后，亦惟君，寡君闻命矣，叔向曰，寡君有甲车四千乘在，虽以无道，行之必可畏也，况其率道，其何敌之有，牛虽瘠，偾于豚上，其畏不死，南蒯子仲之忧，其庸可弃乎，若奉晋之众，用诸侯之师，因邾莒杞鄫之怒，以讨鲁罪，间其二忧，何求而弗克，鲁人惧听命，甲戌，同盟于平丘，齐服也，令诸侯日中造于除，癸酉退朝，子产命外仆速张于除，子大叔止之，使待，明白，及夕，子产闻其未张也，使速往，乃无所张矣，及盟，子产争承，曰，昔天子班贡，轻重以列，列尊贡重，周之制也，卑而贡重者，甸服也，郑伯，男也，而使从公侯之贡，惧弗给也，敢以为请，诸侯靖兵，好以为事，行理之命，无月不至，贡之无艺，小国有阙，所以得罪也，诸侯修盟存小国也，贡献无极，亡可待也，存亡之制，将在今矣，自日中以争，至于昏，晋人许之，既盟，子大叔咎之，曰，诸侯若讨，其可渎乎，子产曰，晋政多门，贰偷之不暇，何暇讨国，不竞亦陵，何国之为，公不与盟，晋人执季孙意如，以幕蒙之，使狄人守之，司铎射怀锦奉壶饮冰，以蒲伏焉，守者御之，乃与之锦而入，晋人以平子归，子服湫从，子产归，未至，闻子皮卒，哭且曰，吾已无为为善矣，唯夫子知我，仲尼谓子产于是行也，足以为国基矣，诗曰，乐只君子，邦家之基，子产，君子之求乐者也，且曰，合诸侯，艺贡事，礼也。 |
| 《汉书》: | 故爵禄束帛者，天下之砥石，高祖所以厉世摩钝也。 |
| 《后汉书》: | 但地砥冥冥，长无晓期，而复缠以纩绵，牢以钉密，为不喜耳。 |
| 《说文解字·厂部》: | 砥：柔石也。 |
| 《尔雅·释言》: | 畛，砥，致也。 |
| 《三国志·曹爽传》: | 先帝圣体不豫，臣虽奔走，侍疾尝药，曾无精诚翼日之应，猥与太尉懿俱受遗诏，且慙且惧，靡所砥告。 |
| 《艺文类聚·孝》: | 《晋庾峻祖德颂》曰：思文我祖，降兹岳灵，绵绵之迹，时惟初生，天难忱斯，骏命靡常，世祚中衰，官族消亡，念昔砥绩，惟乃旧章，烈祖勤止，其德允荒，汉后不辟，公族剥乱，难起萧墙，政由竖官，监彼天眚，我不干时，纵德遗宠，显志遁思，均乐公侯，逸豫无期，烈祖砥戒，营兹垣墉，曾孙笃之，永世攸同。 |
| 《通典·古雍州》: | 原隰砥绩，至于潴野。 |
| 《四书章句集注》: | 舜尽事亲之道而瞽瞍砥豫，瞽瞍砥豫而天下化，瞽瞍砥豫而天下之为父子者定，此之谓大孝。 |
| 《广韵·旨》: | 砥：平也，致也。 |
| 《太平御览·野》: | 又曰：大野既潴，东原砥平。 |
| 《朱子语类·说卦》: | 昔尝与人论舜事，‘“舜尽事亲之道而瞽瞍砥豫，瞽瞍砥豫而天下化，瞽瞍砥豫而天下之为人父子者定。’” |
| 《墨子闲诂·兼爱中》: | 释文引孙炎本，“祁”作“砥”，“祁”“砥”“邸”，并音近相通。 |
| 《康熙字典·四》: | 《海篇》同砥。 |
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